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Junior National Athletic Championship:
Six new meet records set up on third day
By Ranjan ANANDAPPA
Six new meet records were established a the time going to press on
the third day of the Junior National Athletic Championship at the
Mahinda Rajapakse Stadium in Diyagama, yesterday.
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Heshantri Dharmadasa of Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo on her way to
victory with her javelin throw on the third-day of the 55th
Junior National Athletic Championships held at the Diyagama
Stadium yesterday.
Pic: Kavindra Perera |
In the girls under 16 shot putt event F.S. Rishard of Kalutara BNS
shattered the existing record set by Zeenath Imfaz of Budhist Ladies
College (10.26m) with a new mark of 10.56m. In the boys under 23, 800m
race R.K.L.S. Somawardena of the Sri Lanka Navy clocked 1.50.76 sec.
To erase the previous 1.52.4 set by Manoj Pushpakumara 1.52.4 of A.
Rathnayake MV, Wallale in 2005.
In the girls under 23 shot putt W.T.K. Fernando of Sri Lanka Air
Force lobbed a distance of 13.05 m to better the 13.03m by Kumudumali
Fernando of the Air Force set in 2011.
In the boys under 16 hurdles event A.P. Ravisanka of Seevali MV,
Ratnapura (13.77sec) broke a seven-year-old record which was set by P.G.
Buultjens of Vidyartha, Kandy (13.79 sec). In the girls under 20 high
jump event Madushani Siriwardena of Galenbindunuwewa CC cleared 1.80m to
establish a new mark bettering Lahiruni Peiris’ (1.70m) of Devi Balika
Vidyalaya, Colombo. In the 110m hurdles for boys under 20 K.D. Randeniya
of Ranabima Royal College, Gannoruwa won the event with a timing of
14.22 seconds to better Sajith Nadeeshan’s 14.75 sec of Maris Stella in
2007.
Shot putt – Girls under-16: 1. F.S. Rishard (Kalutata BNS) 10.56m, 2.
A. Gunawardena (Methodist College, Colombo) 10.53m, 3. S.M.A. Fernando
(Lyceum International School, Wattala) 10.18m.
800m - Boys under-23: R.K. Somawardena (Navy) 1.50.76 saec., 2.
D.M.T. Dissanayake (Unattached) 1.53.09, 3. A.A. Aamarasinghe
(Unattached) 1.55.58 sec.
Shot Putt - Girls under-23: W.T.K. Fernando (SLAF) 13.05m, 2. W.A.D.
Weeraratne (SLAF) 9.28m, 3. A.W. Amarasinghe (Army) 9.17m.
100m hurdles - Boys under-16: 1. A.P. Ravisanka (Seevali, Ratnapura)
13.77m, 2. H.A. Dilshan (Kuliyapitiya CC) 14.01 sec, 3. V. Mahinkanda
(Ananda, Colombo) 14.58 sec.
High jump - Girls under-20: Madushani Siriwardena (Galenbindunuwewa
CC) 1.80m, 2. N.A. Shailini (Sri Pada MV, Hatton) 1.40m, 3. M. Boteju
(Devi Balika MV) 1.35m.
110m hurdles - Boys under-20: 1. K.D. Randeniya (Ranabima Royal
College, Gannoruwa) 14.22sec., 2. Sandun Sandaruwan (Henegama CC) 14.67
sec., 3. K.V.K. Antony (SLAF) 14.70sec.
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